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Ten Worst Steets in Albuquerque

You don't have to drive very far in Albuquerque to find some rough roads.

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Ten Worst Steets in Albuquerque

You don't have to drive very far in Albuquerque to find some rough roads.

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WEBVTT NONE IN THE BIGGEST CATEGORIES. BEST ACTRESS WENT TO CATE BLANCHETT - FOR BLUE JASMINE. BEST ACTOR WAS AWARDED TO MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY FOR HIS ROLE IN DALLAS BUYERS CLUB. AND BEST PICTURE WENT TO 12 YEARS A SLAVE. WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON THIS COMING UP. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE VERY FAR IN ALBUQUERQUE TO FIND SOME ROUGH ROADS..... SOME THAT CAN DAMAGE YOUR CAR. NOW - THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED THE WORST ROADS THAT NEED FIXING... FAST. KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER LAURA THOREN JOINS US LIVE FROM ONE OF THOSE SPOTS, CONSTITUTION NEAR GIRARD, TO SHOW US WHAT THE CITY HAS TO REPAIR. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT--POTHOLES, CRACKS, AND SOME UNEVEN SURFACES TO SAY THE LEAST. BUT THIS IS JUST ONE TROUBLE SPOT OUT OF MORE THAN A DOZEN THAT THE CITY HOPES TO TACKLE AND IMPROVE THIS YEAR. LET'S FIND OUT IF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD MADE THE LIST. TAKE A BLOCK-LONG CRACK... A DASH OF BROKEN PAVEMENT... AND TOP IT ALL OFF WITH A POTHOLE -- NAT POP OF CAR GOING THROUGH POTHOLE AND YOU'VE GOT A RECIPE FOR ONE OF THE WORST STREETS IN ALBUQUERQUE! ACCORDING TO A CITY MAP, ROADS IN THESE AREAS ARE MOST IN NEED OF REPAIRS--SPOTS AT MENAUL AND WYOMING, ZUNI AND WASHINGTON, AND LOMAS AND RIO GRANDE, AMONG OTHERS. SO HOW DO OFFICIALS FIGURE OUT WHICH ARE THE ROUGHEST? Every 4-5 years we go out and rate the roadways in city. We rate if it's a poor, fair or good condition WE HIT THE ROAD TO SEE JUST HOW BAD SOME OF THESE TROUBLE SPOTS ARE . Here on Gen Way , the pavement is not all its cracked up to be And there's also room for improvement here on Adams Street. FOR MANY DRIVERS, THE POTHOLE PAIN IS PERSISTENT. it's horrible for my truck. I wear out tires and everything else. Shocks. It's really bad. BUT IT'S EVEN WORSE FOR THOSE ON 2 WHEELS. you've been riding along and gone over a pothole and fallen down? That has happened to be before, a really deep pothole. HE SAYS THE SOONER THESE ROADS GET FIXED, THE BETTER. AND ACTION 7 NEWS HAS LEARNED THAT 15 MILLION DOLLARS IS BEING SET ASIDE TO FIX ALL THE LUMPS AND BUMPS, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE YEAR. THE CITY SAYS IT PLANS TO GET TO ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS YOU SAW ON THAT MAP - BUT THAT'S PENDING ANY BACKLOG FROM 2013 ROAD IMPROVEMENTS STILL IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED. LIVE IN NE ALBUQUERQUE. LAURA THOREN KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS. THE CITY SAYS IT FIXES UP ABOUT 20 MILES WORTH OF ROADS, EACH YEAR. AND TO GET A LOOK AT THE PROJECTS, WE'VE POSTED A LINK TO THE CITY'S MAP OF HIGH PRIORITY ROADS ON OUR WEBSITE, KOAT.COM.

Ten Worst Steets in Albuquerque

You don't have to drive very far in Albuquerque to find some rough roads.